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A Flight Test Evaluation of The Sinha Wing Performance Enhancing Deturbulators Richard H. Johnson – 1/2/07 Flight Testing Funded by Dallas Glider Association.
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Figure 1. Three-View Drawing of Standard Cirrus Sailplane Flight Testing Funded by Dallas Glider Association.
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Figure 2. Airspeed Indicator Instrument Error Flight Testing Funded by Dallas Glider Association.
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Figure 3. Airspeed System Errors Flight Testing Funded by Dallas Glider Association.
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Figure 4. Average Sink-Rate Data Flight Testing Funded by Dallas Glider Association.
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Figure 5. Average L/D Ratios Flight Testing Funded by Dallas Glider Association.
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Figure 6. Average Sink-Rate Data for Flights 1, 5 & 6 Flight Testing Funded by Dallas Glider Association.
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Figure 7. Average L/D Ratios for Flights 1, 5 & 6 Flight Testing Funded by Dallas Glider Association.
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Figure 8. Wing Waviness Flight Testing Funded by Dallas Glider Association.
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Figure 9. Test pilot Jeff Baird in Std. Cirrus cockpit Flight Testing Funded by Dallas Glider Association.
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Figure 10. Dick Johnson and Jeff Baird calibrating the airspeed indicator Flight Testing Funded by Dallas Glider Association.
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Figure 11. Jeff Baird on runway, ready for takeoff Flight Testing Funded by Dallas Glider Association.
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Figure 12. Dr. Sumon Sinha and Jim Hendrix Flight Testing Funded by Dallas Glider Association.
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Figure 13. Deturbulator inventor Dr. Sumon Sinha Flight Testing Funded by Dallas Glider Association.
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Summary The new Sinha Deturbulator could be the first really significant drag-reducing aerodynamic invention since the development of the now-common laminar-flow airfoils that were developed some 65 years ago. Flight Testing Funded by Dallas Glider Association.
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